Inventions announce new album Maze of Woods

14 January 2015

Inventions - Maze of Woods

Inventions, the creative alliance of Matthew Cooper of Eluvium and longtime friend Mark T. Smith of Explosions In The Sky, came to life in 2013 and the pair released their self-titled debut album last year. They are ready to follow it up, having just announced the release of a new full-length album entitled Maze of Woods. The album is inspired by the closing paragraph of Denis Johnson’s novella Train Dreams, where Johnson “describes the nonverbal howl of a feral wolf boy, a pre-language that is yearning and instinctual; a statement of wordless distress and love”, as the press release explains.
Maze of Woods is due out on March 16th in the UK via Bella Union and a day later in the US via Temporary Residence. Ahead of it, Inventions have shared ‘Springworlds’, the first wonderful and serene single. Take a listen now.

Watch Rebekka Karijord’s self-directed video for ‘Use My Body While It´s Still Young’

13 January 2015

Rebekka Karijord - Use My Body While It´s Still Young

We Become Ourselves, the second album from Sweden based, Norwegian born singer-songwriter Rebekka Karijord, came out in Europe at the end of 2012. The effort will be released for the first time in North America on February 5th via Control Freak Kitten.

Karijord has unveiled a video to accompany the pulsating and warm first single ‘Use My Body While It’s Still Young’. Self-directed, the video features Siv Ander, a 75 year-old Swedish ballet dancer. Here’s what Karijord said about it.

“When I wrote the song I knew I wanted to have some sort of a visual contradiction to it, because of the quite direct lyrics and title. I imagined a sensual, older body expressing vitality and power. I find that older peoples sexuality and bodies, and a specially female bodies, are one of the last taboos in our very youth fixated society. “

Watch the video below.

William Ryan Fritch offers new single from upcoming album Revisionist

12 January 2015

William Ryan Fritch - Revisionist

William Ryan Fritch‘s next instalment from the Leave Me Sessions subscription series comes in the format of a full-length album, Revisionist, and it drops on February 10th via Lost Tribe Sound.
Celebrating the immense work of the gifted and prolific Oakland-based composer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, the label has agglomerated Fritch’s compositions and songs from the last couple of years into the Leave Me Sessions subscription series. It features over six hours of his music spanning  three full-length physical albums, one full-length digital album, four EPs and two subscriber only soundtrack.
As with previous works, Revisionist was made entirely using second-hand and found instruments. To bring the album to life, Fritch enlisted the help of Benoit Pioulard, D.M. Stith, Origamibiro and Esme Patterson. “These inspired partnerships take Fritch’s instrumentation and craft to new destinations, employing new techniques while furthering its immediacy and appeal”, says the press release.
Revisionist is now available to pre-order and you can also get it along with the rest of the Leave Me Sessions Series here.

Now let yourself be taken by the warm, haunting and majestic ‘In Denial’, the latest single lifted from the upcoming album. And check out the deluxe LP book trailer straight after.


Tanya Tagaq’s third album Animism set for European release

08 January 2015

Tanya Tagaq - Animism

Last year, Canadian Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq released her outstanding third album, Animism, to wide acclaim in North America. The album was awarded Canada’s prestigious Polaris Music Prize last September.

Animism is a tremendous album, amalgamating Tagaq’s impressive and exquisite vocals with a multitude of traditional and experimental sounds and cultural influences. As the press release describes, Animism “features Tagaq’s fusion of electronics, avant-garde composition, classical expressionism, Inuit throat singing and highly political undertones, underlining the struggle for Aboriginal rights in Canada.”

Animism is set to be released for the first time in the UK/Europe later this month via Six Shooter Records.

The opening track ‘Caribou’, a cover of the classic Pixies’ track, was the first single released from the album and now Tagaq has shared another tantalizing cut, ‘Uja’. You should listen to both and grab the album when it drops on January 26th.


In other related good news, Tanya Tagaq has announced a one-off show in London at Village Underground on May 19th. Tickets are now available here.

Listen to Zun Zun Egui’s second single ‘African Tree’

06 January 2015

Zun Zun Egui

We’re only two weeks away from the release of Zun Zun Egui‘s second album Shackle’s Gift. The album is due out on January 26th via Bella Union.
Following their first single ‘I Want You to Know’, the Bristol based outfit enticed the album further with the new cut ‘African Tree’. According to the label, “‘African Tree’ strolls past on a marching band rhythm, complete with an arena-sized chorus and Kyuss-heavy stoner rock guitars”. Take a listen now.